Willow Ridge Restaurant gives students hands-on experience
A small bell dings and a waitress dressed in all black comes gliding in through the door to pick up the plates of beef carpaccio with roasted garlic aioli and take them to the customers waiting in the dining room at Willow Ridge Restaurant. Back in the kitchen, the hustling and bustling doesn’t skip a beat, as the chefs in training start preparing the next course. Three nights a week, that’s the scene in the kitchen at Willow Ridge Restaurant, 1788 Madison Ave. The Iowa Central Community College culinary arts, baking, hospitality and turf grass management programs help ...
